hey gamers, if you're like me then you know of the sluggish feeling of mouse on the mac. it especially hurts when playing games like counter strike: source and team fortress 2 (and i've heard that a lot of people complain playing starcraft 2). Well this man not only deduced the problem (lag, not just acceleration) but he has created a fix for it, namely 'smoothmouse'.

This little piece of software is a revolution for the Mac. The mouse finally(!!) feels as good and responsive as in Windows. This is the program that will eliminate the need for Bootcamp (along more Mac games of course).

Finally! I've been trying to get rid of that lag for years without results but this actually works.

It seems promising, but there is a SERIOUS bug with it: it does NOT disable the hot corners which are active in Finder (even when the full-screen game is the foremost application).

In other words, whenever I move the mouse to control my character in games like L4D2 or CS, the mouse ALSO moves "underneath" and sleeps the screen or activates the screen saver when it supposedly reaches the relevant corner of the screen...extremely annoying, to say the least.

It seems promising, but there is a SERIOUS bug with it: it does NOT disable the hot corners which are active in Finder (even when the full-screen game is the foremost application).

In other words, whenever I move the mouse to control my character in games like L4D2 or CS, the mouse ALSO moves "underneath" and sleeps the screen or activates the screen saver when it supposedly reaches the relevant corner of the screen...extremely annoying, to say the least.

I didn't have the time to test it out in game but if that's the case then I'll wait for an update. It's pretty much useless to me unless they fix it.

It seems promising, but there is a SERIOUS bug with it: it does NOT disable the hot corners which are active in Finder (even when the full-screen game is the foremost application).

We are aware of this annoying problem and we're doing our best to find a solution. I have to admit though, that it is not very easy to fix because Apple does not provide any official means to detect when an application wants to capture the mouse pointer. Other mouse drivers do not have this problem because they work differently and do not target lag.

and putting something in the menu bar to disable/enable hot corner before gaming wouldn't be an acceptable workaround?

The problem is much bigger than hot corners. Games can't capture the mouse pointer properly—which means that if you run a game in a windowed mode, the mouse pointer may escape the game window and click on the desktop or other windows near the game window. Or, if you use two or more monitors, the mouse pointer may escape the primary monitor with a game, when it hits one of the sides of the screen.

Of course we'll find a solution soon. I just want to say: yes we know about these problems, we hear you, we're annoyed about them and we'll fix them as soon as possible

The problem is much bigger than hot corners. Games can't capture the mouse pointer properly—which means that if you run a game in a windowed mode, the mouse pointer may escape the game window and click on the desktop or other windows near the game window. Or, if you use two or more monitors, the mouse pointer may escape the primary monitor with a game, when it hits one of the sides of the screen.

Of course we'll find a solution soon. I just want to say: yes we know about these problems, we hear you, we're annoyed about them and we'll fix them as soon as possible

The workaround for now is, indeed, to turn off hot corners under the "Screen Saver" preferences...I would assume that 99% of players use only one monitor, so if you focus your efforts on disabling hot corners for a session or disabling them for any active full screen app (at least as optional settings) you should be pretty much OK.

The problem is much bigger than hot corners. Games can't capture the mouse pointer properly—which means that if you run a game in a windowed mode, the mouse pointer may escape the game window and click on the desktop or other windows near the game window. Or, if you use two or more monitors, the mouse pointer may escape the primary monitor with a game, when it hits one of the sides of the screen.

Of course we'll find a solution soon. I just want to say: yes we know about these problems, we hear you, we're annoyed about them and we'll fix them as soon as possible

You've fixed one problem and created another now: whenever I click the left button it gets stuck/selected in whatever OS/app button I am clicking (for example, if I click on iTunes to go to the next song, it activates fast forward instead).

Another example: you click on Sync to sync your iPad on iTunes, and the button just gets selected as if you were pressing the mouse button all the time without releasing.